--- INTRODUCTIONS ---
Name's Paolo, I'm a 26yo medschool undergrad with a strong passion for
neuroscience, infectious diseases and pathology. I live South of Rome, in a
nice area known for its cuisine and its compelling landscapes. I've grown up
in close contact with nature and will hardly tolerate spending more than few
days in the frantic and polluted life of the Italian capital city.


--- BELIEFS ---
While I lean towards atheism, I find it hard to identify with it, as I retain
some sort of spirituality and veneration for the inherent mistery of life. I
like to think all creatures are linked together by the steady stream of
becoming. 
From a philosophical and ethical standpoint, I may consider myself an
existentialist or a postmodernist, given my sympathy for Simone de Beauvoir,
Jacques Derrida and alikes. However, it must be noted that those definitions
are burdened by non-negligible semantic limits. 
Politically speaking, I have no serious interest in current politics, I often
tend to catch up on news late, and that's indeeed a bad habit of mine. That
said, I sympathize for anarcho-socialism, and I like the idea of communalism
and cooperatives, although I reckon such models would prove hard if not
impossible to apply on a larger scale to the reality of modern countries, at
least not in the short term, and not without a profound and radical change.

I am vegetarian, looking forward to turning full vegan in future.  My choice
was driven by both ethical and ecological considerations.


--- PLANS ---
I'm currently working on a thesis which involves the use of voxel-based
morphometry (MRI post-processing) to study the impact of chronic pain on
certain brain areas among people struggling with trigeminal neuralgia.
In keeping with this, I hope to become a neurology resident next year,
providing I will score high enough at the national exam. 
I would love to go on trip, alone as I've done in the past, possibly
using  an Interrail ticket or even better by getting involved in something like
WWOOF. This is, obviously assuming the pandemic will be on the verge of its
demise somewhere in a not too far future.  


--- PASTIME ---
I like classic literature, but also sci-fi and post-cyberpunk novels
(currently onto the 2nd chapter of the Altered Carbon Trilogy), as well as
seinen/psychological manga. I'm also an avid poetry reader. 
As a former inline hockey player, I like hanging around town on roller-blades.
I also love skiing, swimming at the lake, especially at sunrise, walking and
mountain biking in woods.
I'm addicted to music and my headphones never leave me no matter where I go;
there's always a good soundtrack to accompany my journey.  I'm especially into
progressive rock and metal, but also appreciate indie, folk, blues, reggae and
classical music.
I have a strong interest in computer science, UNIX, FOSS, networking, privacy,
self-hosting, decentralization, lisp, retrocomputing, alternative protocols,
(Free)DOS gaming and development. My home server consists of a bunch of ARMv8
boards running NetBSD.  My inclination for minimalism eventually led me to
discover communities revolving around public access unix shells, like SDF or
GREX, tildes, newsgroup servers, Gopher/Gemini, BBSs and XMPP.
I like cooking (simple dishes from the Italian tradition, sometimes adapted to
be vegetarian) and I've been told I'm actually a good cook; well, I won't deny
good feedbacks are always welcome!